transparents

transparents

1. masculine plural of transparent

From the same source as the adjective transparents (see below), apparent from the kind of material used to make banners.

transparents m (1st declension)

1. banner (a large sign, made of cardboard or fabric, with an image or words)

   demonstrācijas transparenti ― demonstration banners

   svētku dalībnieki izgājuši ielās ar karogiem un transparentiem ― the celebration participants went out on the streets with flags and banners

   uz lidostas frontona novietots transparents ar apsveikumu dārgajiem viesiem ― at the airport entrance a banner was placed with greetings to the dear guests

2. a backlit image made of transparent material
3. sheet of paper with lines, placed under paper without lines to ensure the straightness of the written lines

   vēstulpapīra bloks ar transparentu ― letter paper with a transparent (= sheet of paper with lines to be placed under the letter paper when writing on it)

A borrowing, probably via other European languages, ultimately from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, present participle of trānspāreō (“to show through”).

transparents (definite transparentais, comparative transparentāks, superlative vistransparentākais, adverb transparenti)

1. transparent (such that one can see through it)

   transparents stikls ― transparent glass

   transparents materiāls ― transparent material

• caurredzams
• caurspīdīgs
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